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[quote=Anonymous]I just went through something similar with my almost 9 year old son (a little worse since my son threatened to kill himself).  I did immeditely get him into therapy (will called it his 'coach') but I think the best thing I did, for both me and him, was just kept talking to him.  Not about why he was sad, nececessarily, but about things he was doing at school, what he was reading, I had him help me cook, etc.  Things I might ask and do anyway, but as life gets the better of you sometimes you don't pay as much attention to the answers as you might want to or need to (especially as a single mom).  I just got a little more engaged with him.  Through our talks, sometimes he would express deeper thoughts about what he was feeling and postulate on why (he didn't really understand himself).  I didn't try to fix him, or tell him things were okay, just listened and asked questions.  It felt good and we are much closer for it.

In talking to his therapist, he said he is seeing this 'gloominess' more and more in elementry school kids, especially boys.  He says he sees it a lot with sports teams, but often just at the end of something as the boys are at the verge of finding themselves as individuals, but still defining themselves as part of a group.

DS is better now, even with school ending.  It's odd, but it now seems like it was some sort of phase (hormonal??).  He still sees his coach, but not as often, and he's much more easy going and comfortable with himself - almost more than he was before.

Best of luck, OP, I know what you're going through![/quote]

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